My career is invested in the aerospace industry, so it was very sobering to me when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that 787 airplanes be grounded.
Friends ask me to explain the situation— what lessons can we draw from the 787? Invariably, we start with "outsourcing."
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Stan Sorscher, labor representative for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace/IFPTE Local 2001 ( SPEEA /IFPTE), describes what he sees as an emerging American Aristocracy in this excerpt from Washington Policy Watch .
I went to France in June and couldn’t help comparing the French revolution to our own. So, let’s start with aristocracy, then we’ll get to Ayn Rand. Stick with me.
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